I thought I was up on the latest food trends, but I've failed to consider that the hottest new dinner item could be coming from the tween set.
The New York Times devotes a chunk of ink to spaghetti tacos -- a scoop of spaghetti inside a hard-shell taco -- that was inspired by the Nickelodeon show iCarly. If pasta pockets are good enough for a 10-year-old's picky friend in Brooklyn, maybe I should reconsider what I'm making for taco night.
But I'm still wary of combining two childhood staples. I know that when pasta escapes its natural confines, the results can be unholy. I apologize for again resurrecting the idea of the Domino's bread bowl. But that's one carb-loaded zombie that refuses to die. (Even now it haunts The Pitch's office.)
The only way to truly know may be to boil up a post of spaghetti, grab a jar of pasta sauce and fill up a taco shell. I could see the sauce doing the work of salsa, and perhaps the spaghetti could be a nice textural contrast to the hard shell. I could even call it a deconstructed noodle casserole to up its cachet.
If anybody out there has actually made spaghetti tacos, I'm all ears. I'd rather learn from your mistakes then permanently damage the reputation of two innocent dishes.
[Image via TheCulinaryGeek]
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Those crazy kids with their rock and roll and spaghetti tacos. But remember, our parents laughed at us when put Tabasco sauce in our Dr. Pepper.
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